Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Alternative combination: Plagiocristodon serratus
Full reference: M. Chow and T. Qi. 1978. Paleocene Mammalian Fossils from Nomogen Formation of Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(2):77-85
Belongs to Dissacus according to F. Solé et al. 2018
See also Jin 2012 and Meng et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Dissacus argenteus, Dissacus blayaci, Dissacus bohaiensis, Dissacus europaeus, Dissacus filholi, Dissacus indigenus, Dissacus magushanensis, Dissacus navajovius, Dissacus praenuntius, Dissacus progressus, Dissacus raslanloubatieri, Dissacus rotundus, Dissacus rougierae, Dissacus saurognathus, Dissacus serior, Dissacus shanghoensis, Dissacus willwoodensis, Dissacus zanabazari, Dissacus zengi
Type specimen: IVPP V5480
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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